NBA fines Bucks coach Doc Rivers for comments about call refs admitted they got wrong
Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for public criticism of the officiating on a foul against Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo that the referees admitted they got wrong
By AP News
Published - Nov 17, 2024, 08:24 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:21 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Doc Rivers was right. It still cost him $25,000.
Rivers, the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, was fined by the NBA on Sunday, a day after he publicly criticized the officiating that led to the deciding points in a 115-114 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
Rivers argued Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t commit a foul with the Bucks trailing by one with 7.3 seconds left, saying Charlotte's LaMelo Ball simply slipped and fell. Ball made two free throws to give Charlotte the lead for good.
“I thought the final play was the ref blowing a call,” Rivers said after that game. “This is back-to-back games now where on the final play there has been an incorrect call made."
